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Dudley Market Place (© Dudley Museum and Art Gallery)
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© Dudley Museum and Art Gallery

Dudley Market Place

Artist: Louise Rayner (1832 - 1924)

Location: Dudley Museum and Art Gallery

Date: 1870 - 1880

Materials: watercolour

Dimensions: 18 x 38 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £13,200)

Vendor: Giles Hayward

Review number: 3506 (1990)

Provenance:
R.Boyd.

Description:
This a valuable record of the town in the second half of the nineteenth century before its redevelopment and modernisation. The artist was born in Derby and specialised in topographical views of British market towns and cities. She created compositions in which the whole panorama of a street or square was united in one unified scene.

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